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Notices Federal Register

3879

Vol. 63, No. 17

Tuesday, January 27, 1998

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Intergovernmental Advisory

Committee Subcommittee Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Intergovernmental

Advisory Committee will meet on

February 5, 1998, at the Double Tree

Hotel, Columbia River, Portland,

Oregon. The purpose of the meeting is

to continue discussions on the

implementation of the Northwest Forest

Plan. The meeting will begin at 9:15

a.m. and continue until 3:00 p.m.

Agenda items to be discussed include,

but are not limited to: review ongoing

and potential activities for the coming

year, and progress reports on the

scoping phase of the review of

Northwest Forest Plan and the strategic

research plan. The IAC meeting will be

open to the public and is fully

accessible for people with disabilities.

Interpreters are available upon request

in advance. Written comments may be

submitted for the record at the meeting.

Time will also be scheduled for oral

public comments. Interested person are

encouraged to attend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions regarding this meeting may

be directed to Don Knowles, Executive

Director, Regional Ecosystem Office, 333

SW 1st Avenue, P.O. Box 3623,

Portland, OR 97208 (Phone: 503–808–

2180).

Dated: January 21, 1998.

Donald R. Knowles,

Designated Federal Official.

[FR Doc. 98–1880 Filed 1–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Evaluation of Coastal Zone

Management Program and National

Estuarine Research Reserves

AGENCY: Office of Ocean and Coastal

Resource Management, National Ocean

Service, National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

DOC.

ACTION: Notice of intent to evaluate.

SUMMARY: The NOAA Office of Ocean

and Coastal Resource Management

(OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate

the performance of the Commonwealth

of the Northern Marianas Islands, Puerto

Rico, Virgin Islands, and New York’s

Coastal Zone Management Programs and

the Jobos Bay National Estuarine

Research Reserve in Puerto Rico.

These evaluations will be conducted

pursuant to sections 312 and 315 of the

Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972

(CZMA), as amended. The CZMA

requires a continuing review of the

performance of states with respect to

coastal program or estuarine research

reserve program implementation.

Evaluation of Coastal Zone Management

and Estuarine Research Reserve

Programs require findings concerning

the extent to which a state has met the

national objectives, adhered to its

coastal program document or final

management plan approved by the

Secretary of Commerce, and adhered to

the terms of financial assistance awards

funded under the CZMA. The

evaluations will include a site visit,

consideration of public comments, and

consultations with interested Federal,

State, and local agencies and members

of the public. Public meetings are held

as part of the site visits.

Notice is hereby given of the dates of

the site visits for the listed evaluations,

and the dates, local times, and locations

of public meetings during the site visits.

The Commonwealth of the Northern

Marianas Islands Coastal Zone

Management Program site visit will be

from February 18–27, 1998. One public

meeting will be held during the week.

This meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.,

on Wednesday, February 25, 1998, at

the Public Library Conference Room,

Saipan.

The Puerto Rico Coastal Zone

Management Program site visit will be

from February 23–27, 1998. One public

meeting will be held during the week.

This meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m., on

Monday, February 23, 1998, at the

Department of Environmental Resources

Auditorium, Tropical Medicine

Building, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The Jobos Bay National Estuarine

Research Reserve in Puerto Rico site

visit will be from March 23–27, 1998.

One public meeting will be held during

the week. This meeting is scheduled for

1:30 p.m., on Wednesday, March 25,

1998, at the Reserve’s Visitor’s Center,

Road 705, Kilometer 2.3, Main Street,

Aguirre, Puerto Rico.

The Virgin Islands Coastal Zone

Management Program site visit will be

from March 30–April 3, 1998. One

public meeting will be held during the

week. This meeting is scheduled for 7

p.m., on Monday, March 30, 1998, at the

Department of Planning and Natural

Resources, Lower Level Conference

Room, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

The New York Coastal Zone

Management Program site visit will be

from March 30–April 3, 1998. A public

meeting will be held on Tuesday, March

31, 1998, from 7–9 p.m. at the

Tonawanda City Hall in the City

Council Chambers, 200 Niagara Street,

Tonawanda, NY.

The States will issue notice of the

public meeting(s) in a local

newspaper(s) at least 45 days prior to

the public meeting(s), and will issue

other timely notices as appropriate.

Copies of the State’s most recent

performance reports, as well as OCRM’s

notifications and supplemental request

letters to the States, are available upon

request from OCRM. Written comments

from interested parties regarding these

Programs are encouraged and will be

accepted until 15 days after the public

meeting. Please direct written comments

to Vickie A. Allin, Chief, Policy

Coordination Division (PCD), Office of

Ocean and Coastal Resource

Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland

20910. When the evaluation is

completed, OCRM will place a notice in

the Federal Register announcing the

availability of the Final Evaluation

Findings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vickie A. Allin, Chief, Policy

Coordination Division, Office of Ocean

and Coastal Resource Management,

NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway,

Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, (301)

713–3090, ext. 126.